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What is The Institute for Human Continuity? Are you The One? Find out about the E.A.R.T.H. Initiative & Operation Safe Haven. Farewell Atlantis - fiction meets fact? As always there's another perspective. Oh yeah, and don't forget to see the movie.
Once December 22nd, 2012 rolls around, we'll have one less marker for completely crazy people. Does anyone know the date for the next EOTWAWKI after ZOMGMAYAPOCALYPSE?
posted by crataegus at 9:15 PM on August 26, 2009
posted by crataegus at 9:15 PM on August 26, 2009
According to the trailer, 2012 will be the year that the technology of Architecture ceases to work.
posted by aeschenkarnos at 9:20 PM on August 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by aeschenkarnos at 9:20 PM on August 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
It was fun once, but I'm not running around town to answer any more damn payphones.
Post 2012 leader? Piffle! I'm a lieutenant commander in a space navy!
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 9:32 PM on August 26, 2009
Post 2012 leader? Piffle! I'm a lieutenant commander in a space navy!
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 9:32 PM on August 26, 2009
I am sick and tired of these motherfucking aircraft carriers crashing into the motherfucking White House.
Also: a far superior version of the 2012 trailer.
posted by kmz at 9:33 PM on August 26, 2009 [9 favorites]
Also: a far superior version of the 2012 trailer.
posted by kmz at 9:33 PM on August 26, 2009 [9 favorites]
...this is basically all just a protracted advert for a film, isn't it? Doesn't this constitute shilling?
posted by Dysk at 9:37 PM on August 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Dysk at 9:37 PM on August 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
I dunno how good the movie will be, frankly it looks kind of iffy. But the websites are clever enough, I admire that.
posted by scalefree at 9:40 PM on August 26, 2009
posted by scalefree at 9:40 PM on August 26, 2009
I much prefer the Institute for Human Continual Nudity.
posted by Iridic at 10:00 PM on August 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Iridic at 10:00 PM on August 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
I've got to give Emmerich props for keeping most of the Venice/ Marina del Rey/ Santa Monica-based VFX industry employed and off the streets this summer on that one, at least.
(Mr. F frequently wishes that Emmerich would just give in to his urges and direct a remake of The Towering Inferno already.)
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 10:06 PM on August 26, 2009
(Mr. F frequently wishes that Emmerich would just give in to his urges and direct a remake of The Towering Inferno already.)
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 10:06 PM on August 26, 2009
Also, why am I not surprised that the president during this time of unprecedented global crisis is a black dude? (previously)
posted by Rhaomi at 10:12 PM on August 26, 2009
posted by Rhaomi at 10:12 PM on August 26, 2009
Black dudes make better presidents. It's a historic fact. How many black presidents have started a war, caused a recession or violated the constitution? How many white ones? I rest my case.
posted by scalefree at 10:36 PM on August 26, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by scalefree at 10:36 PM on August 26, 2009 [4 favorites]
.org domains are not meant to be commercial. Hidden away bottom left -
©2009 Sony Pictures Digital Inc. All Rights reserved
posted by felch at 11:00 PM on August 26, 2009 [4 favorites]
©2009 Sony Pictures Digital Inc. All Rights reserved
posted by felch at 11:00 PM on August 26, 2009 [4 favorites]
When the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake, I will demand that Tiny Lester be in the White House.
posted by brundlefly at 11:14 PM on August 26, 2009
posted by brundlefly at 11:14 PM on August 26, 2009
This is the most ambitious viral marketing campaign I've ever seen. I can't believe they got the Mayans in on it.
posted by heathkit at 12:26 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by heathkit at 12:26 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
Also: a far superior version of the 2012 trailer
Hah. Man actually 2012 is a lot like an idea I've had for a long time for a movie I thought always thought would sell well. I was just going to call it "Festival of Destruction" and it would mostly feature shit getting blown up real good. I was also thinking of including timelapse shots of stuff being built, to make all the destruction more poignant.
It would be an art film for everyone. A revolution in filmmaking.
posted by delmoi at 12:40 AM on August 27, 2009
Hah. Man actually 2012 is a lot like an idea I've had for a long time for a movie I thought always thought would sell well. I was just going to call it "Festival of Destruction" and it would mostly feature shit getting blown up real good. I was also thinking of including timelapse shots of stuff being built, to make all the destruction more poignant.
It would be an art film for everyone. A revolution in filmmaking.
posted by delmoi at 12:40 AM on August 27, 2009
delmoi: Actually, I think that would sell. DVDs of race car crashes sell, so why not that?
posted by Harald74 at 1:21 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by Harald74 at 1:21 AM on August 27, 2009
The Institute for Human Continuity is taking our next big step in ensuring that the end is just the beginning. We’re holding an election to find the Leader of the Post-2012 World.
The leader could be anyone -- a waitress like Cynthia of Miami, Florida; a farmer like Bill of Warren County, Illinois; or a fledgling novelist like Jackson Curtis of Los Angeles, California.
As long as that someone is American, it seems. I think I'll wait for the Neo-mongols to ride in and kick your post-apocalyptic asses, thanks.
posted by Harald74 at 1:23 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
The leader could be anyone -- a waitress like Cynthia of Miami, Florida; a farmer like Bill of Warren County, Illinois; or a fledgling novelist like Jackson Curtis of Los Angeles, California.
As long as that someone is American, it seems. I think I'll wait for the Neo-mongols to ride in and kick your post-apocalyptic asses, thanks.
posted by Harald74 at 1:23 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
Delmoi: An art film for everyone.
I bet the next marker after 2012 is 2048, the binary millennium. But that's a little distant - a good EOTWAWKI needs to be chillingly Nigh.
posted by WPW at 1:37 AM on August 27, 2009
I bet the next marker after 2012 is 2048, the binary millennium. But that's a little distant - a good EOTWAWKI needs to be chillingly Nigh.
posted by WPW at 1:37 AM on August 27, 2009
Will the world end before or after the London Olympics? Billions spent on the games and we don't even get the chance to watch them. That would be a real disaster scenario.
posted by marmaduke_yaverland at 3:37 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by marmaduke_yaverland at 3:37 AM on August 27, 2009
Once December 22nd, 2012 rolls around, we'll have one less marker for completely crazy people. Does anyone know the date for the next EOTWAWKI after ZOMGMAYAPOCALYPSE?
I vote for 2036, since there is actually a slight chance Apophis will hit us on April 13th, and it's a Friday. Friday the thirteenth! Science and superstition! ZOMG!
posted by misha at 6:12 AM on August 27, 2009
I vote for 2036, since there is actually a slight chance Apophis will hit us on April 13th, and it's a Friday. Friday the thirteenth! Science and superstition! ZOMG!
posted by misha at 6:12 AM on August 27, 2009
I always thought That's Armageddon pretty much said it all in the disaster movie genre.
posted by TexArcane at 6:35 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by TexArcane at 6:35 AM on August 27, 2009
I love and adore disaster movies. However, can we dispense with the usual endless first hour of backstories about the little people and the President and get straight to St. Peter's dome rolling across the plaza?
posted by nax at 7:29 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by nax at 7:29 AM on August 27, 2009
Next you'll tell me Rapture Ready is the slowly growing viral attempt at spreading the word for a low-budget independent Christian film, whose release date gets pushed back year after year. The followers are ardent enough, but I don't see it gaining too much wide-spread following.
posted by filthy light thief at 8:14 AM on August 27, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by filthy light thief at 8:14 AM on August 27, 2009 [2 favorites]
I'm with you, nax. Even after reading "Desert of the Real" I still can't get enough of that shit. It's like six-year-old me + legos + ants in a jar + cigarette lighter that I stole from my older brother + end of summer vacation on the big screen.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 8:16 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by Baby_Balrog at 8:16 AM on August 27, 2009
mish: "I vote for 2036, since there is actually a slight chance Apophis will hit us on April 13th"
Misha that's completely awesome. Not only is it Friday the 13th, it's also Easter Sunday, almost (some would argue) two millennia after the resurrection of Christ.
From the wikipedia: "Apophis is the Greek name of the Ancient Egyptian enemy of Ra: Apep, the Uncreator, a serpent that dwells in the eternal darkness of the Duat (earth's middle) and tries to swallow Ra during His nightly passage. Apep is held at bay by Set, the Ancient Egyptian god of Chaos."
OH HELL YEAH
posted by Baby_Balrog at 8:27 AM on August 27, 2009 [3 favorites]
Misha that's completely awesome. Not only is it Friday the 13th, it's also Easter Sunday, almost (some would argue) two millennia after the resurrection of Christ.
From the wikipedia: "Apophis is the Greek name of the Ancient Egyptian enemy of Ra: Apep, the Uncreator, a serpent that dwells in the eternal darkness of the Duat (earth's middle) and tries to swallow Ra during His nightly passage. Apep is held at bay by Set, the Ancient Egyptian god of Chaos."
OH HELL YEAH
posted by Baby_Balrog at 8:27 AM on August 27, 2009 [3 favorites]
Not only is it Friday the 13th, it's also Easter Sunday
That seems...a bit contradictory. In any event, April 13, 2036 falls on a Sunday, which will be Easter Sunday by the Western reckoning.
The confusion stems from the fact that Apophis will also come close to earth on April 13, 2029, which will fall on a Friday. The 2029 approach will be at a substantial distance. It could possibly hit us in 2036, but NASA seems to think that the 2029 approach will give sufficient data to show that 2036 will be a miss.
posted by jedicus at 9:02 AM on August 27, 2009
That seems...a bit contradictory. In any event, April 13, 2036 falls on a Sunday, which will be Easter Sunday by the Western reckoning.
The confusion stems from the fact that Apophis will also come close to earth on April 13, 2029, which will fall on a Friday. The 2029 approach will be at a substantial distance. It could possibly hit us in 2036, but NASA seems to think that the 2029 approach will give sufficient data to show that 2036 will be a miss.
posted by jedicus at 9:02 AM on August 27, 2009
The future for Apophis on Friday, April 13 of 2029 includes an approach to Earth no closer than 29,470 km (18,300 miles, or 5.6 Earth radii from the center, or 4.6 Earth-radii from the surface) over the mid-Atlantic, appearing to the naked eye as a moderately bright point of light moving rapidly across the sky.
So, all you hippies might want to
*mimes smoking a joint*
for that one!
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:19 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
So, all you hippies might want to
*mimes smoking a joint*
for that one!
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:19 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
Ah, so 2029 is Friday the 13th, and 2036 is Easter Sunday? I must have misread. I am full of fail lately.
I do like how the scientists came up with a cool "Destroyer of Worlds" kind of name for Apophis. I was watching a show about it on the Science channel the other day.
Still, we can work with 2029, I think. We have the technology. We can point out to gullible numerologists that, if you add the digits together for 2029, they equal 13.
posted by misha at 9:19 AM on August 27, 2009
I do like how the scientists came up with a cool "Destroyer of Worlds" kind of name for Apophis. I was watching a show about it on the Science channel the other day.
Still, we can work with 2029, I think. We have the technology. We can point out to gullible numerologists that, if you add the digits together for 2029, they equal 13.
posted by misha at 9:19 AM on August 27, 2009
gullible numerologists
But you repeat yourself.
posted by jedicus at 9:43 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
But you repeat yourself.
posted by jedicus at 9:43 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
John Cusack normally makes entertaining films, but yeah flagged as "advertisement".
posted by jeffburdges at 10:04 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by jeffburdges at 10:04 AM on August 27, 2009
Yeah I guess I meant the APOCALYPTIC THREE-DAY EASTER WEEKEND OF DOOOOOOM.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:47 AM on August 27, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:47 AM on August 27, 2009 [2 favorites]
The One will not be found by election. The One will appear levitating, bathed in blinding light with a glowing green eye in the middle of it's forehead, casting a gaze that reduces all but the pure of heart to a pile of withered ash. Elections are for wannabes.
posted by doctor_negative at 11:01 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by doctor_negative at 11:01 AM on August 27, 2009
I got to thinking about all these doomsday things and whatnot. I think the one thing that everyone is kind of missing is that the date of the end of the world is impossible to calculate, mostly due to the fact that our calendar system is an arbitrary creation that only humans pay attention to. Nothing else in the universe cares that the date of December 22nd, 2012 has any kind of significance, except for the weird little pattern matching algorithm in the human brain that likes to recognize numerical series. Most lkely, the world will end on a Tuesday, sometime around 3 in the afternoon GST, and we won't even know it happened, because it won't be for 5 billion years (solar orbits of the 3rd planet from the star Sol, though you could measure it using any of the planets orbital cycle, it's kind of arbitrary), when the Sun runs out of fuel and collapses. I highly doubt there will be any homo sapien sapiens alive in 5 billion years. If we're lucky, there might be some kind of distant evolutionary offspring of our genetic line, but somehow, I think we're all just being willfully stupid to think that.
If Apophis does his the Earth, I'm going to do some big wave riding. In Nevada.
posted by daq at 11:06 AM on August 27, 2009
If Apophis does his the Earth, I'm going to do some big wave riding. In Nevada.
posted by daq at 11:06 AM on August 27, 2009
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